Question

When was the Kothari Commission appointed?
A. 1960
B. 1964
C. 1970
D. 1972

Answer 1

Hint: The Kothari Commission was appointed by the Central government to look into the educational aspects and revamp the sector in order to set guidelines for the pattern of education in India.

Complete answer:
The Kothari Commission was a temporary commission set up by the Government of India on 14th July 1964 in order to look into the educational sector of India. Daulat Singh Kothari was appointed the chairman of the commission who was also the then chairman of the University Grants Commission. The Commission was appointed in order to improve the standard of primary and higher education in India and advise the government to construct a general and standardized pattern of education for India. Medical and legal studies were not under the domain of the commission.

Kothari Commission was the first of its kind to deal comprehensively with the purpose of education in India. It had a core group of 20 members. There were also the inclusion of 20 overseas consultations from France, UK, Japan, Sweden who were experts in the domain of education. The 5 main recommendations of the Commission were:
1. Provision of free and compulsory education.
2.Developments in language
3. Equal education opportunity for all
4. Science and educational research
5. Status,education and salary of the teachers.

Option B is the correct answer.

Note: The Commission submitted its final report on 29th June, 1966. This led to the formulation of the National Education Policy on Education in 1968. The Kothari Commission is the major and the first education Commission in India.